Ethan, Kilbourne, Michael
12/7/2021
Given the current conditions when fielding a punt, how many yards do we expect the punt returner to gain
Takes into account
Should return an accurate estimate of how many yards the player gains based on these factors
Forward Subset Selection
Forward Variable Selection
Forward Variable Selection
Backward
Backward Variable Selection
Backward Variable Selection
Actual vs Predicted Lasso
GAM Model
Actual vs Predicted
Actual vs Predicted
Actual vs Predicted
MSEs
Problem: Some methods assume normally distributed data
Possible solution: Variable Transforms
Better, but also doesn’t handle negative values.
An 85 yard punt return by Diontae Johnson